Imperial Half Sovereigns
Lot 1381 Session 5 (7.30pm Wednesday) Imperial Half Sovereigns
Estimate $125,000
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SOLD $120,000
QUEEN VICTORIA, Perth mint proof or specimen half sovereign 1899. A proof- like specimen with full brilliant mint bloom, FDC and unique.
Ex S.V Hagley collection, Spink Australia sale 17 (lot 1046) and the R.G. & C. Pratley collection (lot 558). The Perth mint, which opened in 1899, issued a coinage of sovereigns that year, however, it did not issue a coinage of half sovereigns. Even though as time ran out dies had been prepared. It was not until the following year, 1900 that a coinage of half sovereigns was issued by the Perth branch of the Royal Mint. The late Syd Hagley obtained this unique specimen in the late 1940's along with a proof sovereign of 1899.
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QUEEN VICTORIA, Perth mint proof or specimen half sovereign 1899. A proof- like specimen with ...
Estimate $125,000
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